I went to UMD's open house a couple of nights ago, and asked the Asst. Dean of Admissions when they'd be sending out financial/merit aid notification. She said it should be before the end of this month, but to "call if it's two weeks or less before the deposit deadline and you still haven't heard anything," so they can let you know. Kinda vague, but at least it tells you what to do if you haven't heard and are closing in on the deadline.

Posted this elsewhere, but for those on this thread...got a letter this weekend from Catholic offering $18,000/yr "Faculty Merit Scholarship" - 1st year grant; renewable for 2L & 3L by remaining in top 25%. (Letter dated 3/1/05; rec'd Saturday 3/5 in DC area.) Nice offer, but the cost of living in DC still makes Catholic more expensive overall than my current first choice.